January 5, 2006  A High-Stakes Nuclear Gamble With India Dear Colleague: A recent Op Ed that appeared in the Los Angeles Times underscores the threat that granting India special exemptions from nuclear nonproliferation treaties and U.S. nuclear nonproliferation law represents.  As the article points out, if we make exceptions to U.S.... Read More

Washington, D.C.-  Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee made the following statement in response to today’s announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that Boston-area cities were among cities in 29 states identified nationally to apply for a portion of the $740 million of... Read More

MEDFORD, MA – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced today that he will hold a town meeting on the national policy of domestic surveillance on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 at 7 PM at The National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA. President Bush has authorized domestic spying on American citizens as part of... Read More

Washington, DC - The Boston Globe reported yesterday that while signing the bill that outlaws the torture of detainees, President Bush reserved the right to bypass the law.  Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), author of the Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act, made the following statement in response to the news that the President issued a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a letter signed by all of the Massachusetts House delegation urging Governor Romney to reverse a position taken by the Massachusetts Emergency Management... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – This week senior Iranian officials notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it will jump start its uranium enrichment program -- a key step towards developing nuclear weapons.  Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the House Non-proliferation Task Force made the following statement in... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today sent a letter to the CIA’s Inspector General requesting a full accounting of the Agency’s use of “extraordinary rendition” -- the controversial process of sending detainees for... Read More

Washington, D.C.-  Forty-eight hours before sharp scissors and tools are slated to return to passenger planes, Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and co-sponsor of H.R. 4452, the “Leave All Blades Behind Act”, Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY), families of the 9/11 victims and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a ranking member of the  House Energy and Commerce committee asked Republicans made the following statement about the digital television transition provisions passed as part of the Republican budget: “We need to bring the digital television transition to a timely conclusion... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees, applauded the decision of 44 Senators to stand up and stop Republican attempts to violate Senate rules by adding a provision authorizing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a non-germane... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, along with fellow senior Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee Representative Fred Upton (R-MI), have introduced a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush’s proposed nuclear cooperation with India.  In July,... Read More

 Dear Colleague (604.65 KB), January 3, 2006Bill Text January 3, 2006 NO TO NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH INDIA Dear Colleague: We believe that strengthened ties between the United States and India through expanded cooperation in trade and human development, scientific and medical research, energy technology, humanitarian relief,... Read More

 H. Con. Res. 318 (130.67 KB) Letters of Support:  Coalition Letter of Support (59.67 KB)  Friends of the Earth Letter (102.78 KB)  NRDC Letter (229.47 KB)  Peace Action Letter (92.79 KB)  Security and Nonproliferation Experts Letter (11/18/05) (143.77 KB)  Security and... Read More

Washington DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Christopher Smith (R-NJ), the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, today introduced the Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act of 2004. Identical legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today welcomed the announcement by Veterans Administration Secretary Anthony Principi that in the interim there will not be a mission change at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Medical Center in Bedford and that the VA will undertake a comprehensive study of developing a new... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After a knock-down drag-out fight with the White House, Senator John McCain succeeded in inserting language to the Department of Defense authorization bill that bans cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.  The concession came less than a day after the House of Representatives... Read More

Washington, D.C. – With the provision to drill in the Artic Refuge dragging down the budget reconciliation bill, the U.S. Senate leadership is proposing to attach the provision to permit drilling in the Arctic Refuge to a must-pass defense spending bill.  Representative Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ), chairs of the Bi-Partisan Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, hosted the Alzheimer's Association and special guest David Hyde Pierce ("Dr. Niles Crane" on the hit T.V. Show Frazier) today to help raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Rep.Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) members of the Alzheimer’s Congressional Task Force, introduced the “Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act of 2005” in an effort to expand the federal government’s efforts to find new ways to prevent,... Read More

MA Delegation Letter to Gov. Romney, December 14, 2005   Read More